Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street
The Trump administration is coming after an Obama-era regulation that requires financial advisers to act in their clients’ best interests.
Apr 14, 2017 / NationAction
Tom Frank: On the Road in Trump Country Tom Frank: On the Road in Trump Country
How Trump won, and why Clinton lost.
Apr 14, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Iowa’s New Voter-ID Law Would Have Disenfranchised My Grandmother Iowa’s New Voter-ID Law Would Have Disenfranchised My Grandmother
260,000 eligible voters could be blocked from the polls by the new law.
Apr 13, 2017 / Ari Berman
In Paris, a School for Refugees Is Forming the Next Generation of French Citizens In Paris, a School for Refugees Is Forming the Next Generation of French Citizens
The Pierre Claver school asks what it takes for a refugee to become part of a nation—especially now, and especially if that nation is France.
Apr 13, 2017 / StudentNation / Daniel Judt
President Bannon Is Dead, Long Live President Cohn President Bannon Is Dead, Long Live President Cohn
Donald Trump has finally pivoted—right into a full embrace of Goldman Sachs economics.
Apr 13, 2017 / David Dayen
Tom Frank: Would Bernie Have Been Able to Beat Trump? Hell Yes! Tom Frank: Would Bernie Have Been Able to Beat Trump? Hell Yes!
Plus: Amy Wilentz on Ivanka and Jared; Ari Berman on voting rights under Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Apr 13, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Silicon Valley Sweatshops Silicon Valley Sweatshops
How a visa program is keeping immigrant workers poorly paid and tied to their employers.
Apr 13, 2017 / Michelle Chen
After the Chemical Attack, It’s Time to Get Rid of the ‘Muslim Ban’ After the Chemical Attack, It’s Time to Get Rid of the ‘Muslim Ban’
Now that he cares about the fate of Syrian children, Trump should open up our country—not bomb theirs.
Apr 12, 2017 / Peter Certo
Democrats Shouldn’t Be Trying to Banish Tulsi Gabbard Democrats Shouldn’t Be Trying to Banish Tulsi Gabbard
Her skepticism about the origin of the chemical-weapons attack in Syria was warranted.
Apr 12, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
‘Thought Leaders’ and the Plutocrats Who Love Them ‘Thought Leaders’ and the Plutocrats Who Love Them
The wealthy have taken over intellectual culture, and it’s devastating progressive politics.
Apr 12, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman